zulip/help/change-the-privacy-of-a-stream.md

Change the privacy of a stream

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Streams can be web-public, public or private, and private streams can have shared or protected history. See stream permissions for details on stream privacy settings.

As an organization administrator, you can always make a public stream private, but you must be subscribed to a private stream in order to make it public.

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1. Select a stream.

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1. Under Stream permissions, configure Who can access the stream.

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1. Tap Stream settings.

2. Tap Edit stream.

3. Tap Privacy, and configure Who can access the stream.

4. Tap Save.

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**Warning**: Be careful making a private stream public. All past messages
will become accessible, even if the stream previously had protected history.